Feeding invertebrate larvae may be food limited while developing in the ocean. If they are, then their time in the plankton is prolonged, which likely increases mortality. Food limitation could be due to the quantity and/or quality of the food available. In an effort to answer how food type influences larval nutrition, we compared growth, development and lipid deposition for Dendraster excentri...

The emmetropes and myopes were reported to have different monocular accommodative stamina at distance, but not at near. The purpose of this study was to further investigate the binocular accommodative stamina under natural binocular viewing condition. Methods: Accommodative stamina of 40 young university students was investigated over one-minute duration with a ±2.00 D lens flipper at 40 cm. Th...

Background: Aquatic pollution by pesticidal application, in recent times, has gained much attention throughout the world, as they ultimately reach to the aquatic bodies through agricultural runoff or by aerial spraying and finally, impair the health status of fish. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the toxicological responses of Almix® herbicide on oxidative stress parameters in thre...

Research indicates that there is a preference for natural v. synthetic products, but the influence of this preference on drug choice in the medical domain is largely unknown. We present 5 studies in which participants were asked to consider a hypothetical situation in which they had a medical issue requiring pharmacological therapy. Participants ( N = 1223) were asked to select a natural, plant...

This paper is a technical continuation of “Natural Axiom Schemata Extending ZFC. Truth in the Universe?” In that paper we argue that CIFS is a natural axiom schema for the universe of sets. In particular it is a natural closure condition on V and a natural generalization of IFS(L). Here we shall prove the consistency of ZFC + CIFS relative to the existence of a transitive model of ZFC using the...

Background & Aims of the Study: Promoting the health and safety is an important part of the fundamental mission of schools and one factor in designing and operating schools that always has been important is lighting. As students spend considerable hours in the classroom and school, lighting should be designed appropriately and in accordance with the standards, to protect them...

this study was conducted to determine the effect of cliniptilolite natural zeolite on deficit irrigation stress tolerance on maize cultivar ksc704. the experiment was laid out as a factorial design based on randomized complete block with three replications at seed and plant improvement institute, karaj in 2012. four irrigation levels, including irrigation after 70, 95, 120 and 145 mm cumulative...